Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents III
3. Introduction V
4. Social Order in Early Ming China: Some Norms Codified in the Hung-wu Period 1
5. Protection of Women's Civil Rights in Traditional Vietnam: A Comparison of the Code of the Le Dynasty (1428-1788) with the Chinese Codes 37
6. The Legal System of Japan at the End of the Kamakura Period from the Litigants' Point of View 73
7. From Statute to Precedent: An Introduction to Sung Law and Its Transformation 111
8. Edo Period Studies on T'ang, Ming, and Ch'ing Law 132
9. The Neo-Confucian Revolution of Values in Early Yi Korea: Its Implications for Korean Legal Thought 149
10. Contributors 173
11. Index 175
12. Asian Studies at Hawaii 181